Star Maker

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Star Maker is a 1937 science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon that explores cosmic evolution, advanced civilizations, and vast astroengineering projects on a universal scale.

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instanceOf science fiction novel
author Olaf Stapledon NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
follows Last and First Men NERFINISHED
genre philosophical fiction
science fiction
speculative fiction
hasEdition Dover Publications edition
Gollancz
surface form: Gollancz SF Masterworks edition
hasInfluenceOnGenre hard science fiction
philosophical science fiction
space opera
hasPart depiction of multiple alien civilizations
description of galaxy-spanning minds
encounter with the Star Maker
hasReception influential in philosophy of cosmology
praised for imaginative scope
regarded as a classic of science fiction
hasSubject aesthetic values in the universe
evolution of intelligence
religious experience
rise and fall of civilizations
influenced Arthur C. Clarke NERFINISHED
Freeman Dyson NERFINISHED
J. B. S. Haldane NERFINISHED
cosmic-scale science fiction
science fiction about Dyson spheres
language English
literaryForm novel
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature
movement British science fiction
narrativePerspective first-person
narrator an unnamed human observer
notableFor depiction of a multiverse-like cosmos
early description of Dyson-like astroengineering
philosophical exploration of creation
vast temporal and spatial scale
publicationDate 1937
publisher Methuen NERFINISHED
setting the universe
theme advanced civilizations
astroengineering
collective consciousness
cosmic evolution
cosmology
telepathy
the nature of God
universal history

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Olaf Stapledon notableWork Star Maker